Bloodline
She has no idea who she really is. Lied to since she was twelve, she’s turning twenty-five in three weeks – and if I don’t find her before her birthday, she may die. Or worse: be harvested by men with needs. Men who will fool her into thinking she faces a majestic, fairytale fate, when in reality she’s about to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
She is too beautiful, too spellbinding, too alluring to let her be in peril. I’m falling for her fast, and that complicates everything. This isn’t just an assignment anymore. It’s fate. Rich, powerful men will go to great lengths to buy whatever they want, and when three rival billionaire dynasties want her for their own sick purposes, it’s my job to find her. Save her. Help her.
There’s one problem: she thinks I’m the bad guy. And she might be right.
I killed her bodyguards to save her. Kidnapped her. Made her flee everything she knows. Told her that her entire life is a lie. Now she hates me, fears me, loathes me. Good. I’ll do anything for her – even if she doesn’t understand. An unknown stakeholder sent a ruthless, infamous torturer to get to her before I did, which means she isn’t just a product to be auctioned off. She’s worth more dead than alive to someone. When orders come through to deliver her to the auction, I have no choice. I have to save her by hurting her.
Playing a long game means sacrificing your queen early so you can defeat the king in the end. Saving Paigelynn from a sick billionaire cabal designed to turn humans into spare parts means making compromises. Short-term pain for long-term survival puts love to the test. Our bond runs deep, but she thinks I’ve betrayed her. She’s right. I did. I have. I am. And I’m not done betraying her.
I’ll spend the rest of my life trying desperately to earn her. But she has to survive in order to be earned.
The Bloodline series by USA Today bestselling author Meli Raine is a three-book romantic suspense trilogy that plunges readers into a world of corrupt billionaire networks, shadow government agencies, and a woman in peril who doesn’t know her own identity. With an unreliable hero narrator, double-crosses at every turn, and a psychological thriller pace that never lets up, the series follows one man’s desperate mission to save the woman he loves from a depraved society of wealthy families where money buys immortality – or the next best thing.
Featuring questionable bodyguards, a very public auction, scheming billionaires, techno-thriller twists, and a heroine who proves far stronger than anyone expects, this series delivers taut suspense, intense romance, and a cat-and-mouse game that ends with a hard-won happily ever after. Readers who love dark romantic suspense, woman-in-peril thrillers, and stories where trust must be earned through fire will find every twist and turn leaves them wondering who to believe – and unable to stop turning pages.
